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Kapisillit (Danish: Lakskaj) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 43 inhabitants in 2024.[2] Kapisillit means "the salmon" in the Greenlandic language (Danish: laks, laksen).[3] The name refers to the belief that the only spawning-ground for salmon in Greenland is a river near the settlement.[4]
Key Information
Geography
[edit]Kapisillit is located 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[5] one of the tributary fjords of the 160 km (99.4 mi) long,[6] Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.[6]
Economy
[edit]The inhabitants mostly subsist on hunting, fishing and tourism. The settlement has its own school, church, and grocery store.
Transport
[edit]Transport to Kapisillit is done by boat. Helicopter is sometimes used. There is no road from outside to Kapisillit, although there are plans to build a simple road from Nuuk to Kapisillit.[7]
Population
[edit]The population of Kapisillit has declined by nearly a third relative to the 2000 levels, levelling off since.[8] As of 1 January 2024, the settlement had 43 inhabitants.
References
[edit]- ^ Sermersooq Municipality Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 94. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ "Settlements". Nuuk Tourism. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 154. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
- ^ a b "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ Kapisillit-vej skal booste turismen
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
